The St. Louis Symphony has canceled another round of auditions – for principal and associate principal cello – as the ensemble’s nearly month-old work stoppage drags on. “Throughout the past several weeks, the SLSO musicians have claimed that in order to attract the best of the best world class talent they need to keep pace with what their peer orchestras pay. The SLSO management claims this isn’t the case and the organization will be able to attract the same level of musicians they always have, even with a lower pay scale. The… cello audition cancellations may be the first real test of that philosophy.”